Carolina Public Health, Fall 2013, Solving North Carolina's Health Challenges

Carolina Public Health Gillings School of Global Public Health fall 2013 · volume 2 · number 5

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Public Health Foundation Incorporated Delton Atkinson, MPH, MPH, PMP President Acting Director Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Paula Brown Stafford, MPH Vice President President, Clinical Development Quintiles Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Executive Vice President Ex Officio Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health Peggy Dean Glenn Executive Director/Secretary Ex Officio Associate Dean for External Affairs Gillings School of Global Public Health Charlotte Nuñez-Wolff, EdD Treasurer Ex Officio Associate Dean for Business and Finance Gillings School of Global Public Health David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Baylor Health Care System Executive Director and BHCS Endowed Chair Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement Antonio S. Braithwaite, DDS, MPH, PA Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Sanford Pediatric Dentistry

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E. Wayne Holden, PhD Keith Crisco, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer Chair N.C. Communities and Business Alliance RTI International

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Donald A. Holzworth, MS Chair Executive in Residence Gillings School of Global Public Health

William K. Atkinson, PhD, MPH Former President and Chief Executive Officer WakeMed

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from the dean’s desk

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introduction

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Features Jonathan Kotch 4 improving the health of north carolina’s children Carmen Samuel-Hodge reducing diabetes risk, preventing complications

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Howard Weinberg

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keeping drinking water safe

N.C. Institute for Public Health serving communities, health professionals

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Geni Eng 15 finding strength in diversity

Table

Alice Ammerman 18 heart-healthy lenoir combats heart disease Bill Gentry 20 preparing for disasters

alumna perspective (Pam Silberman)

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school news

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awards & recognitions

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student internships 29 research annual report

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Our Donors

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Honor Roll of Donors

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Fred and Laura Brown

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Deniese Chaney

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Linda West Little 45 Jo Anne Earp Tribute Fund

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Annual Fund 51 Barry Popkin

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Family of Sarah Morrow

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from the

DEAN’S Desk In 2015, we mark the 75th anniversary

1988 completion of Cane Creek Reser-

health. At the same time, our success

of the UNC Gillings School of Global

voir, a resource that assured adequate

accrues to N.C.—through the 5,500

Public Health. In this issue, we focus

water supply for people in Chapel Hill

or so jobs we create each year due to

on some of the many faculty and staff

up to the present time.

research funding; our 450 or so grad-

members and students at the School

In the 1990s, the practical, applied

uates each year, the majority of whom

whose work benefits North Carolina.

research of health behavior professors

stay in N.C.; and through the knowl-

We are committed today, as were those

Geni Eng, Jo Anne Earp and others

edge we discover and the programs and

who came before us, to training tomor-

led to increases in mammography use

products we develop and disseminate

row’s public health leaders for North

among low-income, black women in

to North Carolinians.

Carolina and solving big public health

eastern N.C., reducing cancer-related

Our future and North Carolina’s future are intertwined inextricably.

Charles Kuralt, journalist, UNC

committed to

alumnus, and host of On the Road

North Carolina problems. We are making the state and

health disparities between black and

its people healthier, safer and stronger.

white women.

As a public school of public health, we are not just co-located in North Carolina. We are embedded in and

These are two examples out of thousands.

and Sunday Morning, understood this when he said at the 1993 UNC bicentennial:

…Our love for this place is based on the fact that it is, and was meant to be, the University of the people.

And that is as it should be. As a public school of public health, we are of the

We make a positive difference for the

people.

committed to our state. Without being

environment and health of North Caro-

Thank you for your support of the

parochial (we are a global school of

linians. This issue provides great proof

School! We welcome your feedback at

public health, after all), we take seri-

of that. I only wish there were space to

any time.

ously the public in public health and

cover all the exciting work we are doing

have a long, proud tradition of serving

in North Carolina.

the state first.

As a UNC faculty member from 1952 to 1982, the late Dr. Dan Okun, Kenan

Our success benefits the entire U.S. and the world, a reality that fuels our reputation as a premier school of public

Distinguished Professor of environmental sciences and engineering, taught and conducted research about local drinking water supply and purity.

His studies led to the development and

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Dr. Barbara K. Rimer

INTRODUCTION A glimpse into our work across North Carolina

Here at the Gillings School of Global

Carolina’s public health challenges and

take on real-world issues and partici-

Public Health, we don’t just say “Local

the Gillings School researchers and

pate in solutions that touch hundreds –

is global”—we live it every day.

practitioners who are addressing them.

if not thousands – of people each year.

We’ve been proudly and enthusiasti-

Many faculty members and students,

cally providing innovative public health

through their research, teaching and

back to the people of our state. We

education, research, solutions and ser-

service, are engaged personally in

know that the many lessons we learn

vice for nearly 75 years to North Caro-

providing solutions for public health

and solutions we develop locally can be

lina’s residents – from the coast to the

problems in their home state.

applied globally, just as we learn from

First and foremost, we love giving

mountains and everywhere in between.

Illustrations from our cover are

solutions developed in other communi-

There aren’t enough pages in this issue

repeated in the context of the work

ties around the world. This reciprocity

of Carolina Public Health – or in the

they represent. In the center of the

is a win-win for the people of North

next ten issues – to cover all of it. Here,

magazine is a photo essay that hints at

Carolina and around the world.

we offer a brief, rich glimpse of some of

the tremendous work our students do

our efforts right now throughout

through summer internships across

the state.

North Carolina. Our enthusiastic,

The feature stories on the following pages highlight only a few of North

Scan code below!

Enjoy!

—David Pesci

knowledgeable and extremely motivated ambassadors for public health

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J O N A T H A N

K O T C H Improving the health and safety of North Carolina’s children

Photo by anne oliver

Dr. Jonathan Kotch (left) has made life better for tens of thousands of children in North Carolina. His research and advocacy have changed policies about family health, and he has helped set national standards.

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Kotch’s accessibility contributes to his success, says June Locklear, who until her retirement, headed the regulatory section of the N.C. Division of Child Development.

“He can speak at any level – to child-care providers who weren’t college-educated and to those who run facilities of 100 children or more,” Locklear says.

Kotch, the Carol Remmer Angle Distinguished Professor of Children’s Environmental Health in the Gillings School’s Department of Maternal and Child Health until his phased retirement in 2013, has placed children first throughout his 40-year career. As founder of the National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants, he helped train health practitioners to monitor child-care facilities and mentor child-care providers in the implementation of stringent san-

406 nc child care health consultants trained by Dr. Jonathan Kotch’s N.C. Child Care and Safety Resource Center

itation and injury-prevention practices. He taught providers to identify maltreatment of a child and recognize early signs of emotional distress and other special needs.

After 16 years of training instructors of child-care health consultants across

“These seem like such little things, but they’re still being used,” Locklear

the U.S., the Institute recently lost federal funding due to sequestration and was

says. Thanks to those auditory and

forced to close. However, Kotch continues to direct the N.C. Child Care Health

visual reminders, a generation or two of

and Safety Resource Center (healthychildcarenc.org), a similar organization sup-

North Carolina’s children are healthier

ported by state funds. The center trains North Carolina child-care health consul-

than they might have been.

tants and contracts to train providers from other states.

Having made tremendous progress reducing disease and injuries, the resource

Tristan Bruner, evaluation coordinator for another Family Friendly Child

center now devises ways to incorporate nutrition and physical activity to prevent

Care site, the Lenoir-Greene Partner-

obesity and address social and emotional health.

ship for Children, points out that the

“The more we can do for young children,” Kotch says, “the healthier adults we’ll have in North Carolina.”

Kotch launched the Family Friendly Child Care Project, and the Beaufort-Hyde

pilot sites were located in out-of-theway, downtrodden areas of the state.

“The residents here are poor and easy

Partnership for Children was one of its pilot sites. Lisa Woolard, the partnership’s

to forget,” Bruner says, “but they were

executive director, says Kotch always took care of important details. He found

on Dr. Kotch’s mind the most.”

medical homes for children and conducted long-term studies that followed chil-

—Nancy E. Oates

dren for 20 years to assess the impact of exposure to abuse and neglect upon their health and behavioral outcomes.

The staff members always looked forward to his site visits, she says. Something fascinating would happen when he arrived in his tweed coat and cap.

“Good golly, he’s a smart man,” Woolard says. “He drives himself to meet his own high standards, and he wants others to be at that high standard, too.”

Locklear remembers Kotch’s using a fluorescent spray, which glowed in the dark upon contact with bacteria, to demonstrate how germs collect on the underside of a table used by children.

He and his staff developed a poster that leads children, step by step, through the hand-washing process, including the words of a song that lasts as long as handwashing should.

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Photo by linda kastleman

Samuel-Hodge

Carmen

Tailored approaches reduce diabetes risk and prevent secondary complications

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When Carmen Samuel-Hodge

diabetes or at risk for diabetes, as they

left her home in the Virgin

learned new strategies to improve their activity levels and diet. For 16 weeks,

Islands in 1985, diabetes had

the women weighed in, discussed suc-

just begun to be a public health

cesses, challenges and weight manage-

problem. As a dietitian, she was

ment topics, came up with solutions to

seeing many clinic patients who

problems and set individual goals.

had presented with a diabetes

The intervention was an adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program

diagnosis. Wanting to learn more

(see tinyurl.com/diabetes-preven-

about the problem and how to

tion-program), which found that

address it, she pursued a nutri-

people with elevated blood glucose

tion doctorate at UNC.

could delay or prevent diabetes onset also knew there would be differences. I

by losing about 7 percent of their body

Upon arriving in North Carolina,

needed to know more about what day-

weight (e.g., a 200-pound person’s los-

Samuel-Hodge discovered that diabe-

to-day issues were most important, the

ing 14 pounds).

tes was also disproportionately high

beliefs and attitudes around diabetes,

The program shared some chara-

among the state’s African-Americans.

and what it would take to improve

cteristics with those run by commercial

Now a research assistant professor

daily behaviors for living well with dia-

weight loss companies, but Samuel-

of nutrition in the Gillings School of

betes. Those contexts would allow me

Hodge and her team tailored Weight

Global Public Health and of medicine

to design better interventions.”

Wise to the needs of these particular

and social medicine in UNC’s School

Recently Samuel-Hodge has tested

of Medicine, she has focused her

two new interventions with promising

research efforts in the Tar Heel state.

results.

Her first step was to listen to what North Carolinians had to say.

women.

“We changed food selections to be consistent with choices and prefer-

The Centers for Disease Control

ences of the Southern population,” she

and Prevention funded the first proj-

said. “We targeted foods that would be

ect, called Weight Wise. In its pilot

within the affordable range for a lower-

become more familiar with the peo-

stage, Samuel-Hodge and her team led

income population. We accepted that

ple,” she said. “Even though I knew

weekly meetings at a Wilmington, N.C.,

there would be times our participants

African-Americans would have a lot in

community health center to support

couldn’t afford fresh vegetables, so we

common with patients in the islands, I

mid-life, low-income women with

found ways to use canned or frozen, for

“When I came here, I decided to

education and income matter!

Diabetes prevalence in N.C. was 3 times higher in 2010 among those with a high school education (18%), compared with college graduates (5.9%).

Diabetes is 3.6 times higher among people with household incomes of less than $15,000, compared with people making $75,000 or more per year.

Regardless of income or education, the rate of diabetes among African-Americans is higher, compared to the rate for whites.

“That’s why I target my research efforts to address health outcomes among African-Americans and low-income populations, Samuel-Hodge says. “We have a long way to go.”

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Participants in Samuel-Hodge’s Family PALS learned strategies for weight loss and for improving family interactions.

than, ‘We all should be eating differently and watching our weight.’

Family members see themselves as being helpful, but the person with diabetes perceives it as nagging or being policed.”

Working with a clinical psychologist, Samuel-Hodge developed segments to address family conflict and improve communication, support and cohesion within families. When the sessions ended, improvements were seen on all fronts. Participants lost an average 4.5 kg (almost 10 pounds), and physical activity increased. Dietary habits improved, and so did family interactions. There was less diabetes conflict, better communication, more togeth-

example, rinsing off the extra sodium

Health Promotion and Disease Preven-

erness, and more support for dietary

from canned products.”

tion’s Web-based translational research

and physical activity behaviors.

The women in the study lost about 5 percent of their initial body weight.

Samuel-Hodge’s next question was

site (www.centertrt.org).

Samuel-Hodge’s other recent proj-

“We’ve seen the PALS program work on a pilot level with 54 pairs,” Samuel-

ect, Family PALS (Partners in Lifestyle

Hodge says. “We need to run it again

whether the program would work as

Support), paired African-American

with a larger sample. There’s still a lot

well if local health departments, rather

adults who have Type 2 diabetes with

of work to do.”

than her research team, managed it.

adult family members who do not have

“You want to translate research,”

the disease. Both adults had to be over-

she says, “so that it becomes part of

weight or obese and had to want to lose

practice.”

weight. Together, the pairs attended 20

She and her colleagues trained staff

weekly sessions and learned strategies

members at six health departments

for weight loss and for improving family

from across North Carolina to run

interactions through better communi-

programs in their communities. Again,

cation and less conflict. The National

the results were striking – participants

Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and

lost an average 4 percent of their body

Kidney Diseases funded the study.

weight, and a significant number lost 5 percent.

Samuel-Hodge says that because she

“In populations with high rates of diabetes, such as African-Americans, you often find that a person who doesn’t

and her team adapted the Weight Wise

have the disease says, ‘I want to enjoy

intervention for a lower-income popu-

life until I get it [diabetes],’ instead of

lation, it has great potential for dissem-

‘I should be doing what I can to prevent

ination. In fact, groups in a number of

it,’” says Samuel-Hodge. “Often, other

other states already have asked for the

family members tell the person with

materials through the UNC Center for

diabetes, ‘You can’t eat that,’ rather

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—Kathleen Kearns

35 years and counting The UNC Minority Health Conference is the longest-running, largest, student-led conference focused on minority health in the nation.

Identifying practices to keep NC’s drinking water safe Even in a country as developed as the U.S., the purity of drinking water is vulnerable to climate changes, major storm systems and the consequences of human behavior. Now, a new trend has fueled national and local discussions about the best ways to protect this vital resource – the introduction of industrial, agricultural and pharmaceutical chemicals into our water supply.

Weinberg, left, meets with students f a l l 2in 0 1his 3 |lab.

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Howard Weinberg

weinberg and nc’s environmental health summit “We are talking about trace levels of

different treatment processes in

pollutants – barely detectable, using

removing a wide range of human-made

current methods – but there can be

chemicals from surface waters. They

fluctuations in these levels, for exam-

found that treatments most often used

ple, when we have heavy rains,” says

to keep particles, bacteria and color

Howard Weinberg, PhD, associate pro-

out of drinking water are ineffective in

It’s an inglorious reflection of our lifestyle that our waterways shine back upon us – pharmaceutical products, caffeine, detergents, sunscreen, insect repellents and who-knows-what from fracking and other industrial processes.

—howard weinberg, phd fessor in the Gillings School’s Depart-

removing chemicals found in pharma-

ment of Environmental Sciences and

ceutical drugs, personal care products,

Engineering.

pesticides, flame retardants and other

While health effects of these contaminants are still unknown, Weinberg

substances.

Most municipal treatment plants

says their very presence underscores a

prepare drinking water using a

need to identify which chemicals are in

combination of chemicals, mixing

our water and what steps can be taken

and filtration. When researchers used

to keep drinking water safe.

Water resources and treatment man-

a specially formulated carbon, they were able to determine whether most

agers in North Carolina seem to agree.

pollutants were removed or decreased

Trying to stay ahead of the curve, a

to undetectable levels. In some cases,

consortium of utilities across the state

they found that the disinfectant

contacted Weinberg for his expertise in

chemicals reacted with pollutants,

tracking the source and fate of pollut-

converting them into forms that

ants in surface water.

previously had avoided detection.

In a recent study, he and his research team tested the effectiveness of four

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“Clearly, watershed protection is the first barrier,” Weinberg says, “but at

Weinberg has collaborated with researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, N.C. State University, RTI International and many utility partners to study environmental issues in the state, including how to protect the safety of North Carolina’s drinking water.

In November 2008, Weinberg was one of the group leaders of North Carolina’s Environmental Health Summit, which explored issues associated with the presence of pharmaceuticals in water. More than 150 attendees from government organizations, academia, industry, water utilities and public interest groups discussed how to evaluate current knowledge on the topic and identify research gaps and innovative recommendations.

A report on the meeting, published in Environmental Health Perspectives in 2010, is available online at tinyurl.com/NC-envr-healthsummit.

least treatment plants now have an

“We have the technology to protect con-

option for protecting consumers. Acti-

sumers from exposure to many pollutant

vated carbon can be used to filter water

chemicals in drinking water,” Weinberg

at the plant.”

says. “But it comes at a cost – either at

The carbon treatment is costly, pos-

the front end, from manufacturing, use

sibly prohibitively so, both for smaller

and disposal, or at the last barrier, in the

municipalities – which often are down-

treatment plant and at the consumer’s

stream from larger cities’ treated efflu-

tap.”

ent discharges – and for communities

The good news, according to Wein-

whose members rely on wells, which

berg, is that by working collaboratively

might be contaminated by failed septic

and leveraging resources available at the

systems. Many small towns in North

Gillings School, many of the challenges

Carolina might be affected.

can be addressed holistically now.

the water institute at unc Led by Dr. Jamie Bartram, the Institute draws 500 participants from 47 countries to its annual fall conference. waterinstitute.unc.edu

What’s in the water, exactly?

Detergents and soaps – some of which have ingredients that disrupt the endocrine system – often are found in domestic waste waters and septic tanks. If a septic tank leaks, these ingredients may reach groundwater, a source for drinking water. Other chemicals found in surface waters that are taken into drinking water plants include atrazine (herbicide), DEET (insecticide), caffeine (stimulant), flame retardants, pharmaceuticals and more.

At one time, people were directed to flush unused medications to prevent misuse by others, especially children. That advice has changed. It may help protect water supplies to have designated days during which people return unneeded drugs to a central authority for safe disposal.

This may be only part of the solution, however, since most of the trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the water are introduced through human or animal waste.

Gregory Characklis, PhD, professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the Gillings School and director of UNC’s Center for Watershed Science and Management, says Weinberg’s research is important if we are to identify ways to treat water sources once contaminants are detected. The larger question is whether we should invest in keeping these contaminants out of the environment in the first place.

“As a rule of thumb, it is usually less costly to prevent problems,” Characklis says, “but this is a complicated question. One of the first steps is to figure out what exactly is in the water.”

Experts at UNC and beyond agree that many measures are needed. These may include improved watershed protection measures, indicators of wastewater pollution in the source water, effective treatment technology, stricter regulations, consumer education and/or changes in manufacturing processes.

—Amanda Crowe

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Feet on the

ground Photo by jessica southwell

NCIPH serves communities and public health professionals

Students, faculty members, Dean Rimer and Orange County Health Department staff members enjoyed the 2013 Practice Pathways PhieldTrip.

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For 14 years, the Gillings School’s North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH) has bridged the gap between academics and practice in North Carolina and beyond. The NCIPH is a provider of information and training, a connector and go-to place for brokering needs and the people who can fulfill them. Its ultimate mission is to improve the health of North Carolinians.

One of the NCIPH staff’s most important tasks is to develop, deliver and support training for current public health workers. By partnering with other organizations, responding to the needs of those on the front lines of practice and contributing to others’ efforts, NCIPH staff members made an impact upon nearly 25,000 people in fiscal year 2012, including more than 13,000 people in N.C.

7,408 Public health practitioners trained every year by the School’s North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH)

Using a range of tools from brief, online instruction to in-depth continuing education programs and professional conferences, NCIPH staff members educated

health departments meet a minimum

and prepared practitioners from all 100 N.C. counties, all 50 U.S. states and 177

set of standards and that all residents

countries.

of the State have access to credible,

“The Institute is committed to transforming the practice of public health,” says

needed services,” says Gibbie Harris,

Anna Schenck, PhD, the Gillings School’s associate dean for public health practice

MSPH, BSN, RN, local health director

and director of the School’s NCIPH and Public Health Leadership Program. “We

in Buncombe County, N.C.

connect the School with public health practitioners in communities across the state and beyond. This two-way collaboration, with ideas and solutions flowing in

The innovative incubators program (sph.unc.edu/nciph/incubator)

both directions, helps to improve both the science and practice of public health.”

managed by the Institute provides

Among the Institute’s most requested services are training sessions for school

resources for local departments to

health nurses (conducted annually) and a biennial conference on immunization,

collaborate and address common

both of which draw hundreds of participants. Staff members lead online educa-

challenges. Over the last couple years,

tional sessions in introductory public health and public health law and provide

those common concerns have included

management and leadership training to hundreds of public health professionals

ways to better communicate the value

every year.

of public health and best practices

Staff members also provide technical assistance to the public health practice community. One example is the Institute’s administration of the local health department accreditation program (sph.unc.edu/nciph/accred) to improve the

for local departments under the new health care law.

The Institute also has a long history

consistency and quality of local health services. To date, 79 local health depart-

of assisting with mandatory commu-

ments in the state have received a four-year accreditation. Some of those evalu-

nity health assessments, which are

ated early in the program

part of periodic strategic planning in

already have been

every county in the state.

reassessed.

“The Institute has been

In 2013, Wake County leaders selected Institute personnel to

instrumental in the devel-

conduct their county’s community

opment and implemen-

health assessment. Wake County

tation of this statewide

Human Services established an

accreditation process, one

innovative and unprecedented

of the first in the country,

partnership with three local hospitals

that assures that all local

(WakeMed Health and Hospitals,

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Duke Raleigh, and Rex Healthcare),

The N.C. Institute for Public Health was established in August 1999 by founding director William Roper, MD, MPH, then dean of UNC’s public health school. Roper said the Institute was envisioned in response to the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1989 report, “The Future of Public Health,” which identified critical gaps in workforce capacities of public-health organizations to improve the public’s health. A major point of the report was that the study of public health had become too distant from its practice.

“With the Institute, we hope to widen our circle of collaboration – to work closely with the public and private sectors, with government and business, with health-care providers, researchers, policy makers and others in the field,” Roper said.

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Wake Health Services, United Way of

are assessed over time, officials can see

the Greater Triangle, Wake County

more clearly the returns on an invest-

Medical Society and Urban Ministries

ment in public health. Counties that

to complete a joint assessment. More

allot more of their budgets to public

than 60 nonprofit, government, faith-

health programs, for example, have

based, education, media and business

fewer reports of illness.

organizations participated to identify

“These analyses will provide us

needs and priorities for the next three

with better tools to measure return

years. Among those priorities are

on investment in public health,” says

poverty and unemployment, health

Schenck, who leads the study.

care access and utilization, and

NCIPH staff members also intro-

mental health and substance use.

duce Gillings School students to

With Robert Wood Johnson Foun-

community public health issues and

dation funding, NCIPH staff mem-

resources. Incoming public health stu-

bers analyze the impact of economic

dents get insights into the realities and

recession upon public health outcomes.

opportunities of practice through the

They collected data showing signifi-

annual Practice Pathways PHield Trip

cant variations in county public health

to the Orange County (N.C.) Health

department spending per capita. Now,

Department.

the study focuses upon benefits resulting from these local health department

One of the School’s most valuable training experiences for students is Team Epi-Aid, an Institute initiative.

The award-winning volunteer group, established in 2003, matches graduate students with local and state health departments to assist with outbreak investigations and other short-term, applied public health projects. In its decade of fieldwork, Team Epi-Aid has involved more than 300 students in 70 activities requiring about 6,000 hours of service.

“We’re so fortunate to have the Insti-

contributed photo

1999 - 2013 ...and beyond

expenditures. When cost and benefits

tute, with its commitment to local public health, right here in our backyard,” says Colleen Bridger, PhD, Orange County Health Director. “The organization is a great partner for us and excels at bringing practitioners and academicians together to strengthen

Bill Gentry (see page 20) served as a survey team member in September when the Institute led a community health assessment in Durham County, N.C.

public health throughout the state.”

—Ramona DuBose

GENI ENG Growing up on a small farm in Jacksonville, Fla., as the great-granddaughter of a Chinese immigrant tenant farmer, Eng experienced cultural clashes as well as the power of community.

Photo by tom fuldner

Power of community, strength in diversity

racism. “Using a systems approach, we are examining how the lack of transparency and accountability enables health care inequities to continue,” Eng says.

The group first designed the Cancer Care and Racial Equity Study, a twoyear exploratory study funded by the National Cancer Institute, to better understand how cancer treatment was implemented at Greensboro’s Cone Health Cancer Center and why “I saw how communities can come together,” says Eng, professor of health behavior at the Gillings School. “That’s

expertise without acting like she’s the only expert.”

Eng and The Partnership Project

a large part of why I gravitate toward

(www.greensboropartnership.com)

looking at culture and how it’s inter-

—which manages GHDC—began col-

twined with health.”

inequities were present. “We identified the pressure-point encounters that were different for white women and African-American women,” Eng says. “We explored the nuances of two

laborating in 2003; Eng offered her

groups of women going through the

Her Peace Corps service with

expertise in community-based partic-

same cancer-care system but having

community health workers in Togo

ipatory research (CBPR), and the Proj-

different communication issues and

strengthened her belief that one must

ect offered a framework for undoing

different reactions to the protocols.”

address cultural values to change health behaviors.

For the last decade, Eng has highlighted the value of community and cultural awareness through her membership in the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative (GHDC), an academic-community coalition. “We have partnered with community members to fine-tune research questions, determine the methods most culturally authentic and appropriate to gain information that is hidden and elusive from mainstream society, and gain an insider’s view on why health inequities persist in these communities,” Eng says.

“Geni has the ability to be a true collaborator and to partner with very diverse groups,” says Jennifer Schaal, MD, GHDC’s secretary and a founding member. “She doesn’t try to run the show, and she’s able to share her

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Eng’s team works to narrow treatment disparities between black and white women with breast and lung cancers.

Their findings informed the development of a five-year study known as ACCURE (Accountability for Cancer Care through Undoing Racism and Equity). Begun in 2012 with UNC

Left to right are Amondre Smith, ACCURE research assistant and senior at N.C. Central University; Nora Jones, Partnership Project Inc. executive director; Jennifer Schaal, former board chair of the Project; and Janet Jeon, ACCURE graduate research assistant and health behavior doctoral student at Gillings. The group came together in September at a meeting of the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative.

professor of medicine Sam Cykert, MD, as Eng’s co-principal investigator, ACCURE is a National Cancer Institute-funded collaboration among UNC, The Partnership Project Inc., Cone Health and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

“ACCURE tests the effectiveness of

to optimize the quality of care and narrow treatment disparities between white and African-American patients Photo by ?

with a first diagnosis of Stage 1 or 2 breast and lung cancers. Not receiving good care in these instances contributes to unnecessary deaths.”

ACCURE’s innovations are an electronic real-time registry that signals deviations from standards of care; training “nurse navigators” to use this registry and to communicate with

“This is to the benefit of all patients who have cancer.”

Eng says that CBPR is important for

says. “She has been a great asset to us as a community group, teaching us skills to be successful both in research

patients and medical professionals

North Carolina. “The changes in the

and as a community organization

about things that improve or prevent

state’s demographics have been quite

overall.”

the achievement of optimal standards

dramatic and rapid,” she says. “Engag-

of care; the use of a “physician cham-

ing these communities in research

pion,” who provides ongoing findings

helps reveal their strengths. It is essen-

about race-specific treatment progress

tial to see the people in our state not as

and promotes training in health-care

targets, but as partners, which is criti-

equity for medical professionals; and

cal to developing lasting change.”

patient engagement to generate an analysis of power and authority within

Nora Jones, GHDC member and president of Sisters Network Greens-

the cancer-care system that informs

boro, an African-American breast

the work of nurse navigators and physi-

cancer survivorship organization, has

cian champions.

worked with Eng since the collaboration

“Our goal with this work is that disparities in treatment outcomes by race and ethnicity will fade,” Eng says.

—Michele Lynn

began.

“Geni truly appreciates community organizations, respects them and

7 kenan distinguished professorships at UNC gillings Drs. Gerardo Heiss, Michael Kosorok, Herbert Peterson, Barry Popkin, Mark Sobsey, James Swenberg and Steven Zeisel

treats them as equal partners,” Jones

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Photo by kristin zenee black

reorganizing cancer care in two cancer centers,” Eng says. “We are aiming

Heart Healthy Lenoir Alice Ammerman combats heart disease in eastern NC

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Heart Healthy Lenoir, a community-based research effort based at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), was established in Lenoir County, N.C., in 2010 to develop and test better ways to tackle cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a vulnerable North Carolina community.

Alice Ammerman, DrPH, professor of nutrition at the Gillings School and HPDP director, leads the project in collaboration with her former doctoral student Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, PhD, now associate professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Public Health. too many fast-food restaurants. As a result, a project component launched in fall 2013 expanded the lifestyle

good decisions in the lunch room Dr. Alice Ammerman, who has spent much of the last 20 years working on food access and education efforts across the state, particularly in eastern North Carolina, also leads the research team for Food Explorers, a new partnership between UNC’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Rockingham County (N.C.) Schools and Chef Cyndie Story (www.chefcyndie.com).

program to empower Lenoir County residents to make healthier choices when dining out.

Three Kinston, N.C., restaurants now offer patrons information about healthier menu choices and provide discount coupons to those who make two healthy choices when they order, The project uses a three-tiered

such as selecting whole grains, fruits

approach toward prevention and

and vegetables, foods made with

treatment, including a clinic-based

healthy fats and minimally-sweetened

blood-pressure study; lifestyle study

beverages.

promoting healthy eating, physical

Lenoir County has some of the

activity and weight control; and

highest rates of heart disease in the

a genomics study assessing ways

U.S., but it also has public health

that genes influence CVD and the

and clinical resources to support the

treatments that work.

Data from early formative work

three-tiered approach to reducing CVD. More than 660 participants

with the project revealed that having

have enrolled in the five-year study,

too few places where one could obtain

which is funded by the National Heart,

a quick, healthy meal was perceived

Lung and Blood Institute, one of the

as a major barrier to a heart-healthy

National Institutes of Health.

The program, which continues until spring 2014, is a social marketing campaign to promote healthy lunch menus and increased consumption of fruits and vegetables at school.

Seth Noar, PhD, associate professor in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, collaborates on the social marketing aspects of the program.

Ammerman and Noar also are members of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Learn more at tinyurl.com/ hpdp-food-explorers.

lifestyle. In a project survey, 18.6 percent of African-Americans and 7.8

—Sonya Sutton

percent of whites reported as a “big problem” that their neighborhoods had

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Bill Gentry

Photo by linda kastleman

Preparedness training benefits North Carolina, national and global communities

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Bill Gentry’s preparedness skills are

N.C., that involved a simulated collision

legendary.

Gentry was at the forefront of the

of a tanker truck and school bus. More

State Animal Response Team (SART),

From his college days as an emer-

than 200 responders and volunteer

formed in N.C. in response to 1999’s

gency medical services technician in

victims participated in the half-day

Hurricane Floyd. Floyd left more than

Wilmington, N.C., Gentry has valued

exercise, played out in a busy downtown

three million domestic and farm ani-

an organized, collaborative approach to

intersection.

mals dead, and Gentry was asked to

getting the job done – especially when

The CPDM program also provided

the job at hand is preserving health or

evaluation in a multi-agency, multi-ju-

pets and other animals during natural

saving the lives of humans and animals.

risdictional contaminated water exer-

and other disasters.

His emergency management work led

cise involving the Orange County Water

him to UNC in 2005, where he now

and Sewer Authority, Orange County,

built upon public-private partnering

directs the Gillings School’s Community

the UNC campus and UNC Health

that integrates efforts by government

Preparedness and Disaster Manage-

Care (the hospital system) in investi-

agencies, not-for-profits, business and

ment (CPDM) certificate program

gating, identifying and mitigating a

volunteers to build and support state

and consults with local health depart-

Cryptosporidium contamination event.

and local networks. The model is based

ments and first-responder personnel in

Cryptosporidium is a parasite, found

on our belief in the one medicine/one

countries as far away as Botswana and

in contaminated drinking or recre-

health concept, which closely aligns

ational water sources, that causes severe

human and animal health.”

Moldova.

help form a network that could save

“The SART model,” Gentry says, “is

diarrhea.

400+ First responders trained statewide every year by the Gillings School’s Department of Health Policy and Management

Photo by linda kastleman

Gentry (left) and Dr. Jimmy Tickel admire a horse corralled at NCSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Gentry’s areas of expertise are disaster management and preparedness skills training.

He has led training for the Orange County (N.C.) school system to prepare for winter storms, during which stu-

“In all these exercises, Gentry says, “the importance of preparedness, com-

In 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded a cooperative agree-

dents and staff members with special

munication and collaboration were

ment with N.C.’s SART to develop local

health needs may need to shelter over-

emphasized. We stress the importance

animal response teams on a national

night at school.

of sustaining training and education

scale, based on North Carolina’s model.

He facilitated a full-scale hazardous materials exercise in Vance County,

opportunity – and also of sustaining partnerships.”

—Linda Kastleman

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alumna perspective

Photo by linda kastleman

NCIOM leads efforts to improve North Carolina’s health

Silberman (right) meets with (l-r) Catherine Joyner, MSW, Kristin O’Connor and Dr. Adam Zolotor.

The people of North Carolina are more likely to live in poverty, die due to preventable conditions and have higher rates of obesity and tobacco use than people in most other states. Therefore, it is no surprise that when comparing health indicators among the 50 states, our state historically has ranked in the bottom third.

In this context, some of the major North Carolina health funders and the N.C. Division of Public Health (NCDPH) asked the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) to create a task force to develop a Prevention Action Plan for the state. The NCIOM was created by the N.C. General Assembly in 1983 to study important issues facing the state and develop workable solutions to those problems.

The task force included state and local policy makers, public health officials, health care professionals, and community and business leaders. In 2009, the group identified major preventable causes of death and disability in the state and evidence-informed strategies to address those risk factors. Two years later, NCIOM led the state’s efforts to develop the Healthy NC 2020 objectives. We involved more than 150 people from across the state to identify 40 key indicators of population health, which could be measured over time to assess the state’s progress in improving population health. In 2012, we worked with the NCDPH and other partners to develop a

plan to implement evidence-based strategies to improve population health at the local level.

North Carolina has used the Prevention Action Plan and the Healthy NC 2020 report to compete successfully for federal funding to implement comprehensive prevention strategies and enhance the state’s data and tracking systems. Already, progress has been made on half of the 40 objectives.

Significant challenges remain. Funding for public health is limited. Historically, only 3 percent of national health care spending has focused on public health and prevention. It is therefore critical to focus our limited resources into evidence-based efforts that have the greatest likelihood of success.

At the same time, we must expand community- and state-level partnerships—such as the successful collaboration between North Carolina hospitals and local health departments—to improve population health. We can continue to improve the health of all North Carolinians, but only if all partners—government, health, insurance, academic, philanthropy, business and community leaders—work together to implement multifaceted strategies to address the major health risks affecting the people of our state.

—Pam Silberman, DrPH

Dr. Pam Silberman is president and chief executive officer of the N.C. Institute of Medicine and clinical professor of health policy and management at the Gillings School.

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May–October 2013

SCHOOL NEWS read more at www.sph.unc.edu/news.

Selected Publications John J.B. Anderson, PhD, professor

the vaccine’s importance – are essential

an article describing the development

emeritus of NUTR, found a relation-

to reducing the cancers the virus can

of a new data-mining tool to improve

ship between calcium levels and the

cause. Findings were published in the

researchers’ understanding of cancer

presence of white-matter lesions in

August issue of American Journal of

genetics. The work was published in

the brain, particularly in men and in

Public Health.

the July 8 Proceedings of the National

people with depression, in a study pub-

Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

lished June 18 in Nutrients.

A study led by Alan Brookhart, PhD, associate professor of EPID, and

Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, 2013 EPID

Ralph Baric, PhD, EPID profes-

published June 20 in the Journal of

alumnus, proposed a new definition of

sor, examined the genetic make-up

the American Society of Nephrology

“overdose death” to garner more accu-

of a dangerous new coronavirus, the

demonstrated that a regimen of smaller

rate estimates of death by illicit drugs

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

doses of iron (administered to dialysis

and by prescription medicines that

(MERS-CoV), in an article published

patients for anemia) given over a longer

lend themselves to abuse. The research,

online Sept. 16 in Proceedings of the

time helps avoid serious infections

published June 6 in the Journal of

National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

often caused by larger doses given over

Clinical Toxicology, has implications

shorter periods.

for evaluating effectiveness of national

Noel Brewer, PhD, HB associate

measures to reduce overdose deaths.

professor, showed that encouraging

Guanhua Chen, BIOS student, and

physicians to recommend human pap-

Michael Kosorok, PhD, Kenan Dis-

Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH,

illomavirus (HPV) vaccines to ado-

tinguished Professor and chair of BIOS

EPID research assistant professor, led

lescent boys and their parents – and

and professor of statistics and opera-

research that identified genes linked to

educating boys and their families about

tions research, are two co-authors of

high blood pressure in individuals of

John Anderson

Ralph Baric

Noel Brewer

Alan Brookhart

Guanhua Chen

Nab Dasgupta

Nora Franceschini

key to departments

bios Biostatistics epi Epidemiology ese Environmental Sciences

Meridith Fry

Jen Horney

Zachary Kerr

Michael Kosorok

Joseph Lee

hb hpm mch nutr phlp

and Engineering Health Behavior Health Policy and Management Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Public Health Leadership

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Elizabeth Mayer-Davis

Mehul Patel

Tamar Ringel-Kulka

Jason West

Steve Wing

African ancestry. The study was pub-

developed a novel approach to analyze

lished online Aug. 22 in The American

genetic traits in large cohorts. Their

Journal of Human Genetics.

approach was published online July

Karin Yeatts

Donglin Zeng

Dangers of air pollution

11 in the Proceedings of the National Jennifer Horney, PhD, research assis-

Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Jason West, PhD, assistant

of the research and evaluation unit at

Philip May, PhD, research professor

Yuqiang Zhang, doctoral stu-

the School’s N.C. Institute for Pub-

of NUTR at UNC’s Nutrition Research

dents, all in ESE, used computer

lic Health, found that experience in

Institute, in Kannapolis, N.C., pub-

models to estimate that more than

applied public health may influence

lished two studies about fetal alcohol

2M deaths result each year from

job choices for public health graduates.

spectrum disorders in South Africa.

human-caused increases in fine

Study findings were published online

The studies appeared in the May issue

particulate matter, making out-

Aug. 16 in the Journal of Community

of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experi-

door air pollution a major envi-

Health.

mental Research and the June issue of

ronmental health risk. The study

Journal of Developmental and Behav-

was published online July 12 in

ioral Pediatrics.

Environmental Research Letters.

tant professor of EPID and manager

Zachary Kerr, EPID doctoral student,

professor, and Raquel Silva and

found that most high school football

In a similar model study, published

programs still do not employ the most

Mehul Patel, MSPH, EPID doctoral

online Sept. 22 in Nature Climate

effective measures to manage heat-

student, surveyed North Carolina’s

Change, West compared a future

stroke. His study was published online

emergency medical services (EMS)

with and without global climate

Sept. 6 in the American Journal of

systems to determine how well they

change policies and found that

Sports Medicine.

complied with stroke training and

polices to reduce greenhouse gas

care practices. His findings – which

emissions would decrease prema-

Joseph Lee, MPH, HB doctoral stu-

noted significant improvements -

ture deaths from air pollution.

dent, examined lesbian, gay, bisexual

were published online Sept. 5 in

Meridith Fry, PhD, recent ESE

and transgender (LGBT) blogs and

Preventing Chronic Disease.

alumna, co-authored another study

found the blogs rarely addressed one of

with West, published May 29 in

the LGBT community’s biggest health

Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPH,

Atmospheric Chemistry and Phys-

problems – smoking. Findings were

research assistant professor of MCH,

ics, that found curtailing emissions

published online Sept. 17 in LGBT

led a study to analyze gut bacteria of

of carbon monoxide can improve air

Health.

children in N.C. Published online May

quality and contribute to the reduc-

23 in PLOS One, the study found that

tion of greenhouse gases.

Danyu Lin, PhD, Dennis Gillings Dis-

the period of opportunity for treating

tinguished Professor, Donglin Zeng,

children’s microbial imbalances might

PhD, professor, and Zhengzheng

be longer than previously thought.

Tang, doctoral student, all in BIOS,

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Danyu Lin

Philip May

Dorothy Cilenti

Myron Cohen

Kari North

Kurt Ribisl

Stephanie Wheeler

Steve Wing, PhD, EPID associate

Karin Yeatts, PhD, EPID research

Environmental Health Perspectives. A

professor, Jill Stewart, PhD,

assistant professor, led a study to

study published in the August issue of

assistant professor of ESE, doctoral

analyze incidence and burden of

Science of the Total Environment finds

students Jessica Rinsky and Maya

COPD-related emergency department

that the use of incense in the Arabian

Nadimpalli, and alumnus Christo-

visits in N.C. Her findings were pub-

Gulf Peninsula may cause inflammatory

pher D. Heaney, PhD, now at Johns

lished April 11 in the journal CHEST.

response in the cells of people exposed

Hopkins, found drug-resistant bac-

With Gillings colleagues Amy Her-

to its smoke and gaseous combustion

teria associated with livestock in the

ring, ScD, BIOS professor, and Eric

products.

noses of industrial livestock workers

Whitsel, MD, MPH, EPID research

Rebecca Cohen, master’s student

– but not in the noses of antibiot-

associate professor, Yeatts also led a

in ESE, her adviser Kenneth Sexton,

ic-free livestock workers – in North

study that found a link between chem-

PhD, now retired ESE research assistant

Carolina. The study was published

ical air pollutants and cardiovascular

professor, and Yeatts were co-authors.

online July 2 in PLOS One.

disease, published online March 5 in

Selected Grants Ralph Baric, PhD, EPID professor,

to bioethical issues in the Democratic

Immunology, and Epidemiology,

and colleagues at the University of

Republic of Congo.

received a grant from the National

Wisconsin have received a $10M+

Institutes of Health’s Fogarty Interna-

grant to study the pathogenic activ-

Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MCH clinical

tional Center to train medical person-

ity of viruses including severe acute

assistant professor and senior investi-

nel in southern China to prevent and

respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle

gator at the NCIPH, received a $5.5M

treat sexually transmitted diseases,

East respiratory syndrome (MERS),

award from the U.S. Health Resources

including hepatitis B and C. The award

Ebola, highly pathogenic influenza and

and Services Administration to estab-

is one of six new Fogarty grants total-

herpesvirus HHV8.

lish a national MCH Workforce Devel-

ing $5.6M.

opment Center at UNC. The award Frieda Behets, PhD, EPID profes-

will provide workforce development

Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH, adjunct

sor, and Stuart Rennie, PhD, adjunct

for program leaders and prepare them

EPID professor and director of UNC’s

assistant professor of HPM, received

to succeed in the public health system

Thurston Arthritis Research Cen-

the Fogarty International Center’s

under the Affordable Care Act.

ter, was awarded a $5.6M National

International Research Ethics Edu-

Institutes of Health grant to address

cation and Curriculum Development

Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate

the public health challenges caused by

Award of more than $1.3M to raise

Eminent Distinguished Profes-

osteoarthritis.

awareness and promote skills related

sor of Medicine, Microbiology and

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Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD, NUTR

Kari North, PhD, associate pro-

professor and interim chair, was

fessor of EPID, received a $3.1M

Kurt Ribisl, PhD, HB professor,

awarded $7M by the NIH’s National

National Institutes of Health grant to

directs the new UNC Center for

Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and

uncover connections between genetic

Regulatory Research on Tobacco

Kidney Diseases to test effectiveness of

variants and some of the complex

Communication (CRRTC), one of 14

her Flexible Lifestyles (FL3X) program

diseases that affect Hispanics and

new national centers funded by the

to help adolescents with Type 1 diabe-

African-Americans.

U.S. FDA and NIH. The CRRTC was

tes manage their disease and improve quality of life.

awarded $20M to conduct research Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, assistant

on tobacco prevention communica-

professor of HPM, will receive $727K

tion and regulation. Based in UNC

MEASURE Evaluation, a consortium

through an American Cancer Society

Lineberger Comprehensive Can-

led by UNC’s Carolina Population Cen-

Mentored Research Scholar Grant.

cer Center (LCCC), the new center

ter, was awarded $15M from the U.S.

Wheeler aims to improve use of guide-

houses projects by UNC faculty

Agency for International Development

line-recommended endocrine therapy

members including Noel Brewer,

for HIV health information systems

among racially diverse breast cancer

PhD, associate professor of HB. Rib-

efforts in South Africa. The consortium

patients and shed light on reasons for

isl and Brewer are members of the

is directed by James Thomas, PhD,

disparities in outcomes.

LCCC.

associate professor of EPID.

Other News The Gillings School class of 2013,

Shabbar Ranapurwala (EPID) and

Barry Popkin, PhD, W.R. Kenan Jr.

under student government president

Kathryn Stein (HB).

Distinguished Professor of NUTR, led

Katlyn Donohue, raised more than

The Bellagio Declaration (BellagioObe-

$10K, including a $3K contribution

Experts at the 19th annual National

sity2013.org), a call to action made at

from the School’s Alumni Association,

Health Equity Research Webcast on

the International Congress on Nutri-

for scholarships. Awardees included

June 4 emphasized the role of com-

tion in Spain in September. The dec-

Reuben Adatorwovor (BIOS),

prehensive early childhood education

laration calls upon governments and

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan (MCH),

programs in combating the effects

other groups to take specific actions to

Jasmine Hutchinson (HPM), Eli

of poverty. A webcast of the event is

counteract lobbying forces by multina-

Lovell (NUTR), Zinaida Mahmute-

available at www.minority.unc.edu/

tional food corporations.

fendic (PHLP), Alycia Overbo (ESE),

institute/2013.

in memoriam Edward Michael Foster, PhD, professor of health care

As we went to press, we learned of the Nov. 5 passing of

organization and policy at University of Alabama-Birming-

Robert Moorhead, MPA, who served in leadership roles at

ham’s School of Public Health, and former professor at the

the School from 1967 until the 1990s. Through his efforts,

Gillings School, died on May 14.

faculty and staff members were provided for the first time in 1982 with computers and email services.

Mary Reid, program coordinator for PHLP’s Health Care and Prevention concentration, died June 30.

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Read more at sph.unc.edu/news.

May–October 2013

awards & Recognitions read more at www.sph.unc.edu/recognitions_and_awards.

Sandra Cianciolo, MPH, won the

Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, Profes-

were presented at the spring 2013 com-

2013 Innovation + Inspiration Staff

sor of the Practice of MCH, received

mencement with the School’s highest

Award, sponsored by the School’s

the Carl E. Taylor Lifetime Achieve-

awards for teaching and mentoring

Research and Innovation Solutions

ment Award from the APHA’s Interna-

– the McGavran Award for Excel-

office. Cianciolo is project coordinator

tional Health Section on Nov. 5.

lence in Teaching (Monaco) and the

for the National Training Institute for

John E. Larsh Award for Mentorship

Child Care Consultants, a project led

Ya-Ru Li (ESE) and Carmen Piernas

by Jonathan Kotch, MD, Carol Rem-

Sanchez, PhD (NUTR), won the 2013

mer Angle Distinguished Professor of

Gillings Dissertation Award, a $5K

George Pink, PhD, Humana Dis-

MCH.

prize to support their research and

tinguished Professor of HPM, was

dissertation writing. The awards are

honored by the National Rural Health

Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, NUTR

managed by the School’s Research and

Association with its Outstanding

professor, was elected vice-president

Innovation Solutions office. (See sph.

Researcher Award in May.

of The Obesity Society, the leading

unc.edu/accelerate.)

(Weinberger).

Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH,

scientific organization dedicated to the study of obesity. Her four-year posi-

Jane Monaco, DrPH, BIOS clini-

dean and Alumni Distinguished

tion will include leadership as presi-

cal assistant professor, and Morris

Professor of HB, was presented

dent-elect, president and immediate

Weinberger, PhD, Vergil N. Slee

with the American Cancer Society’s

past president.

Distinguished Professor of Healthcare

Medal of Honor in May. The award

Quality and Management in HPM,

recognized Rimer’s seminal cancer

Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD, NUTR research professor, received the 2013 Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education from the American Society

Photo by Linda Kastleman

of Nutrition.

key to departments

bios Biostatistics epi Epidemiology ese Environmental Sciences hb hpm mch nutr phlp

and Engineering Health Behavior Health Policy and Management Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Public Health Leadership Drs. Morris Weinberger (left) and Jane Monaco received the Larsh, McGavran awards.

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Martin Kohlmeier

George Pink

Ivan Rusyn

photo courtesty of american cancer society

Penny Gordon-Larsen

Dean Rimer (second from right) accepts the ACS Medal of Honor.

Ernest Schoenfeld, DrPH, longtime leader at the School and lecturer in PHLP, received the Association of PubErnest Schoenfeld

Anna Maria Siega-Riz

lic Health Laboratories’ Presidential Award in June. The award recognizes achievements in laboratory science and creative approaches to solving public health challenges.

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, was one Philip Singer

Jason Surratt

of 15 nationally recognized experts

$20 Million Awarded by the NIH-FDA to Dr. Kurt Ribisl to create a UNC Center for Regulatory Research on Tobacco Communications

selected to serve on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Sie-

Jason Surratt, PhD, ESE assistant

cancer screening. The UNC Lineberger

ga-Riz, professor of EPID and NUTR,

professor, won the prestigious Sheldon

Comprehensive Cancer Center also

will make recommendations for the

K. Friedlander Award from the Amer-

honored Rimer at a gala on Sept. 27

eighth edition of the Dietary Guide-

ican Association for Aerosol Research

for her significant contributions to

lines for Americans, a document that

for dissertation research showing

cancer research.

will be the foundation for national

how natural emissions from trees

nutrition programs, standards and

help increase fine particulate mat-

education.

ter, thereby affecting air quality and

research efforts, particularly in breast

Ivan Rusyn, MD, PhD, ESE professor, was named to the National Research

human health.

Council committee, “Design and Eval-

Philip C. Singer, PhD, ESE emeritus

uation of Safer Chemical Substitutions

professor, won the Association of Envi-

Myron Cohen, MD, Yeargan-Bate

– A Framework to Inform Government

ronmental Engineering and Science

Eminent Distinguished Professor of

and Industry Decisions.” The Council

Professors’ (AEESP) 2013 Charles

Medicine, Mircobiology and Immu-

is under the auspices of the National

R. O’Melia Distinguished Educator

nology, and Epidemiology, received the

Academies (nationalacademies.org).

Award.

North Carolina Award for Science, the state’s highest civilian honor.

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student internships

Each summer, our students seek internships and field practica that take them to communities across North Carolina. They provide public health services, conduct research and educate people about public health issues. In return, they receive training, practical experience and a wider appreciation for the people, places and public health challenges in North Carolina.

Enjoy these snapshots! They describe only a few of our students' North Carolina projects. compiled by david pesci f a l l 2 0 1 3 | 31

phil hansen

health behavior master ’ s student

Hansen did research and disseminated health information in beauty and barber shops, introducing underserved communities to information about cancer screening and other health issues. He and others traveled to numerous beauty shops in the state, including Donna’s Hair Salon, in Sanford, N.C., to conduct fall-prevention workshops. He interviewed women about lifestyle habits, checking blood pressure and testing strength and balance, “I learned a lot today,” one of Donna’s customers said. “I appreciate that you came and gave us this free health information.”

Left to right are Krista Perreira, PhD, professor of public policy and adjunct professor in the Gillings School, de Rosset and Arandia.

gabriela arandia health behavior doctoral student

leslie derosset maternal and child health doctoral student

Arandia and deRosset studied the effectiveness of educational outreach to immigrants about the Affordable Care Act. Team members conducted interviews with government officials, health and human service providers, community leaders and immigrants. They learned what worried people about the law and examined strategies that might make enrolling for coverage easier. A report on their findings will be available in 2014 on the Carolina Population

Photos by linda kastleman

Center’s website (www.unc.edu/cpc).

Hansen (above, left) worked with beauty salon customers to prevent falls.

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PhotO by linda kastleman

Abel (left) and Bellamy conducted a food preparation workshop in Garner, N.C.

kate abel

PHOTO BY DAVID PESCI

nutrition master ’ s student

kelly bellamy

nutrition master ’ s student

Abel and Bellamy conducted a program in Garner, N.C., that taught low-income residents how to grow their own food and cook it. These “Garden to Table” programs have been extremely popular and successful statewide.

ama achampong health policy and management

Online

Extras

master ’ s student

Achampong spent her summer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. She developed a comprehensive A report on Arandia’s and

tool to track nursing performance measures, such as patient

de Rosset’s research on

falls, pressure ulcers and restraint utilization; assessed quality

immigration and health care

and process improvement projects for inpatient mental health

will be posted in early 2014 at:

services; and worked with the hospital’s associate director to

unc.edu/cpc.

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robert coble health policy and management PHOTO BY LINDA KASTLEMAN

master ’ s student

Coble focused on the expansion of the Women’s Services department at Novant Health Medical Center in Matthews, N.C. Two of his tasks were to identify optimal operational design for patient flow and room assignment in the medical center and coordinate a parking plan for increased volume due to expanded women’s services and an additional floor being added to the center.

anthony nwosu health policy and management

PHOTO BY DAVID PESCI

master ’ s student

Nwosu worked with the Carolina Population Center’s MEASURE Evaluation program to update health indices information for about 40 countries. He learned the importance of monitoring, evaluation and use of data and examined what governments are doing to curtail the spread of HIV/AIDS, reduce stigmatization and institute preventive measures, preparation that will serve him well in a global health career. This information could be used in N.C.

PHOTO BY DAVID PESCI

Coble (left) reviews blueprints with Chris Hutter, Novant Health’s senior director of operations.

megan squires maternal and child health master ’ s student

Squires interned at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina in Raleigh, but her efforts benefited all of North Carolina. She used Stata, a software program, to analyze patient satisfaction surveys, coordinating with program partners, including Blueprint and America Votes, to raise awareness about various women’s health issues. She also worked on a program to include more men in maternal and

contributed photo

child health efforts statewide.

Liz Chen (second from right) with UNC seniors (l-r) Joey Weissburg, TJ Tkacik and John Haskell.

elizabeth chen

health behavior master ’ s student

Chen (in black) partnered with a colleague at another school to develop “MyHealthEd,” an online, tailored sex education curriculum that increases sexual health knowledge and decreases risky sexual behaviors among middle- and introduce the program as a pilot during spring 2014 at Teach For America’s partner high schools in eastern North Carolina.

contributed photo

high-school students in rural North Carolina. She also will

Megan Squires raised awareness about women’s health issues this summer.

Online

Extras

Interested in learning more

52% of graduating doctoral students

about MyHealthEd (featured

who originally came as non-resident students remain in North Carolina.

impact your city?

above) and how it could

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A Message from our

Examples of our research are described in this issue.

Associate Dean for Research

I’ll share a few others with you here:

the world. This year, faculty members were awarded 414 grants and contracts totaling more than $154.3 million. During the past year, 46 percent of these projects, totaling $43 million, provided a community benefit to people who live in N.C. Moreover, the research provided an economic benefit to the state,

our air on human health and may provide policy makers with data needed to inform important legislation.

Surratt, recently honored with a prestigious AAAR award (see page 28), was featured in the spring 2013 issue of

fy2012 fy2013

fy2009 fy2010

Carolina Public Health (sph.unc.edu/cph).

as the grant and contract dollars were spent in every county and created another 5,500 jobs.

Fiscal Year 2013

research annual report All eight academic units at the School focus on solv-

fy2011

$154.3 million

ingful research in our state and around

N.C. His work, which examines isoprene, a naturally occurring air pollutant, will shed light on the effects of

$154.1 million

North Carolina home. Our faculty, staff members and students conduct mean-

by trees and vegetation in increasing air pollution in

$164.8 million

Global Public Health are proud to call

funded by the U.S. EPA to study the unique role played

$142.4 million

Those of us at the Gillings School of

• Jason Surratt, PhD, ESE assistant professor, was

$150.2 million

sandra l. martin, phd

Gillings School Faculty Members were awarded $154.3 Million for grants and contracts in fiscal year 2013.

ing N.C.’s pressing public health problems – preventing obesity, protecting drinking water, preparing for natural and human-caused disasters, and reducing dispari-

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded an interdisciplinary team to examine impact of the eco-

ties in health outcomes, among others. The map below

nomic recession on N.C.’s local health departments,

identifies research taking place in each of our 100 coun-

with particular attention to how financial cuts affect

ties. At tinyurl.com/NC-map-RENCI, click on any county

the health of North Carolinians. Early analyses reveal

to see our projects there.

that, during the study period (2005 - 2008), there was great variation in counties’ per-capita expenditures, with 15 percent of studied counties experiencing a decrease.

Future analyses will determine associations between expenditure levels and the health of the community. Team members included Anna Schenck, PhD, the School’s associate dean for prac-

Reaching across North Carolina and around the world with teaching, research and service

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tice and director of its Public Health Leadership Program and N.C. Institute

Foundations

of Health Behavior, are working on a five-year study

6.1% ($9.5 million)

Educational & research institutions 5.2% ($8.0 million)

Business & industry 4.5 % ($6.9 million)

Nonprofit organizations 2.4% ($3.7 million)

funded by the National Cancer Institute to evaluate impact of the 2009 federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The law dramatically changes marketing and sale of tobacco products in N.C. and throughout the U.S. Extensive surveillance, training and analysis are needed to help state and local governments implement new federal regulation on tobacco control. Now, a companion study in

State government

England with collaborators from University of Cam-

1.8% ($2.8 million)

bridge will describe retail environments and monitor

Other (associations, local government, sponsors) 1.4% ($2.1 million)

compliance with tobacco and alcohol control policies in the U.K. • Andy Olshan, PhD, professor and chair of epidemiology, Amy Herring, ScD, professor of biostatistics, and Arthur Aylsworth, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Pediatrics, Genetics and Metabolism

Federal Government 78.6% ($121.3 million)

Awards

400

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398 429 417 414

fy2011 fy2012 fy2013

principal investigators (pis) at the school were awarded 414 grants & contracts during fy 2013 (an average 2.67 awards per PI). the majority of external funding in fy 2013 was from the federal government.

for Public Health (NCIPH); Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD,

in UNC’s School of Medicine, were funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for work with the N.C. Center for Birth Defects Research

research assistant professor of epidemiology and facil-

and Prevention (NCCBDRP). NCCBDRP research-

ity director at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer

ers aim to understand environmental and genetic

Center’s Integrated Cancer Information and Surveil-

causes of birth defects. Project personnel are inter-

lance System (ICISS); William Carpenter, PhD, asso-

viewing mothers of 400 children in N.C. - 300 with

ciate professor of health policy and management and

birth defects and 100 without. They also are col-

ICISS faculty director; Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, clinical

lecting genetic data from the parents and children

assistant professor of maternal and child health and

to investigate occupational, environmental, lifestyle

NCIPH senior investigator; and Tzy-Mey (May) Kuo,

and genetic factors in birth defects etiology.

PhD, senior statistical analyst for ICISS. Additional information about this project is available at sph.unc. edu/nciph_ROI_brief.

• Kurt Ribisl, PhD, professor, James Bowling, PhD, research associate professor, and Heathe Luz Reyes,

Our Gillings School researchers are devoted to improving the health of North Carolinians. Our reach is global, but we never forget our commitment and responsibility to neighbors right here at home.

PhD, research assistant professor, all in the Department

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our donors Celebrating the School’s

75 years of

Research, Teaching & Service

Michael Hooker Research Center Architectural rendering by Anshen + Allen.

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$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

$100,000 to $249,999

$50,000 to $99,999

Anonymous

American Heart Association

Anonymous

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Mid-Atlantic

ASTHO

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

American Institute for Cancer Research

Brown University

Wyeth Nutritionals Inc.

BlueCross BlueShield of N.C.

CDC Foundation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. – Houston

Dauer Family Foundation

Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Duke University

$500,000 to $999,999

Inc.

Electric Power Research Institute

Children’s Hospital – Boston

Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Duke University Medical Center

Ronald & Janice Kimble

Columbia University

Formacare

Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research

Eisai Research Institute

Harvard University

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A.

Johns Hopkins University

Laboratories Corp.

Pfizer Foundation

gillings school of global public health

Honor roll of Donors & partners

GlaxoSmithKline

Mary Kay Foundation

Barry M. Popkin

Metagenics Inc.

Michigan Public Health Institute

ProCleanse LLC

Oregon Health & Sciences University

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

RTI International

John & Ginger Sall

North Carolina State University

Thomas R. Rykken

Plan International USA

Sloan-Kettering Institute

Right to Care

Stanford University

Sanofi

Tellus Educational Foundation Inc.

Estate of Vergil N. Slee

Triangle Community Foundation

The COPD Foundation

Unilever U.K. Central Resources

$250,000 to $499,999 American Academy of Pediatrics

Tufts University

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

University of Toledo

University of Illinois at Chicago

Merck & Company

University of Washington

University of Maryland at Baltimore

N.C. Association of Local Health

World Health Organization

University of Minnesota

Directors

Limited

WakeMed Health & Hospitals

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75

years

our donors

Clell, Paul and Jim Brendle

fred and laura brown Their endowed scholarship honors family while helping heroes

The Brendle brothers, born in Statesville, N.C., served their country proudly. During World War II, Clell was an Army staff sergeant, and Paul was a Navy chief petty officer. Jim, the youngest, was an Army sergeant during the Korean conflict.

Years later, their sister’s son, Fred Brown, followed in their footsteps, first as an Army captain for three years, and then for three decades, as a colonel in the N.C. Air Guard/U.S. Air Force. He was on active duty for nine months during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Now Brown, who earned a master’s degree in public health administration from UNC’s public health school in 1981, and his wife, Laura, have established the “Brendle Brothers Scholarship for Veterans.”

“We’ve basically been at war for the past 20 years,” Brown says. “Many veterans coming back want to pursue graduate degrees. Public health needs men and women who are dedicated and know how to get the job done. This seemed like a great way for us to honor my uncles and all veterans – and to give back to UNC.” The scholarship was announced at the School’s first 75th anniversary event in Charlotte, N.C. The event was

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“Many veterans coming back want to pursue graduate degrees... The scholarship seemed like a great way for us to honor my uncles and all veterans – and to give back to UNC.” —fred

brown

Fred and Laura Brown

sponsored by Carolinas HealthCare System, where Brown is group senior vice president.

Brown is devoted to Carolina, especially to the Gillings School of Global Public Health. He is an adjunct health policy and management faculty member and frequent guest lecturer. He has served as president of the School’s Public Health Foundation board and on numerous alumni committees. Currently, he chairs the 75th anniversary campaign.

Other alumni also are supporting the celebrations, which will be held in various locations over the next three years.

Among them are Roy Ramthun, MSPH (HPM, ’87), who chairs the Public Health Foundation’s campaign cabinet (planning committee), and Deniese Chaney, MPH (HPM, ’90), who chairs the anniversary programs committee. (See more about Chaney on page 42.)

Learn more about the School’s anniversary events on the inside back cover of this issue and at www.sph.unc.edu/ alumni/75.

—Ramona DuBose

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75

years

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.

$10,000 to $24,999

Douglas Martin Owen Pharmacyclics Inc. Rempex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Washington University – St. Louis Water Resources Research Institute Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

Barbara K. Rimer & Bernard Glassman

Sheryl Wallin Abrahams &

Christopher Lee &

Steven Abrahams

Sharon Snider Ringwalt

Academic Pediatric Association

Sanofi

Albemarle Regional Health Services

Schering-Plough Research Institute

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Astellas Pharma U.S. Inc.

Celette Sugg Skinner

David J. Ballard & Michela Caruso

Sobi

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota

Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Anonymous (4)

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

STE Health International LLC

Abbott Laboratories

Celgene Corporation

Theravance Inc.

Access Business Group LLC

Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Mary S. Thompson Trust

Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

ThromboGenics Ltd.

BioDeptronix LLC

Crim Fitness Foundation

Transtech Pharma Inc.

Deniese May Chaney

CVR Global Inc.

United Therapeutics Corporation

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research

Cytokinetics Inc.

University of California at San

$25,000 to $49,999

our donors

Anonymous

Center

Depomed Inc.

Francisco

Hydro Research Foundation

Nancy Ann Dreyer

University of South Carolina

Gary G. & Carolyn J. Koch

Geraldine G. Guess

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Mathile Institute

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Robert Donald Verhalen

Ralph & Diane Medcalf

Galderma Research and

WaterAid

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact

Development Inc. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Georgia Health Sciences University

Oregon Research Institute

Gilead Sciences Inc.

Otsuka Maryland Medicinal Lab Inc.

Carla Hand

P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water

IRC International Water &

Program

XenoPort Inc. Chen-yu Yen & Ray-Whay Yen

$5,000 to $9,999

Sanitation Centre

Pfizer Inc.

Johns Hopkins University

Aramar Inc.

John Rex Endowment

Jill & Michael Edwin Kafrissen

H. Michael & Barbara Arrighi

Mark D. Sobsey

Krell Institute

Delton Atkinson & Sherry

William & Dorothy Swartz

Maylon & Linda West Little

UCB BioSciences Inc.

Mark Hamilton Merrill &

UNICEF

Terese S. Merrill

Holbrook-Atkinson Eunice M. Brock Edward Carroll Bryant

University of California at Davis

Medivation Inc.

Susan Ford Dorsey

University of Cape Town

Momentum Research

Howard J. Dunn

University of Rochester

Mylan Inc.

FHI360

University of Texas at Austin

James Edward Nix

Forest Research Institute

Wake Forest University

Nestle Infant Nutrition

Joan Heckler Gillings

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – HQ

Sandra Bartholomew Greene

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Donald A. & Jennifer Holzworth Estates of Maurice A. Hylbert & Johnnie Lea Hylbert Jonathan Bruce & Anne Madeline

Learning

Peggy Bentley

Julie & David Potenziani

Blue Cross Blue Shield of

Jonathan C. Reeser

Kotch

Steven R. Reeser

CL Lassiter

Brian O’Rourke &

John P. McConnell

Sterling Wilson Bell

Jean G. Orelien

Linda Martin Sanders

North Carolina Michael N. Boyd In honor of Craig Turnbull Mark E. Brecher

Stephen Allen Morse

Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

Noel Brewer

Clarence Edward Pearson &

SciMetrika

British Counsel Collaborative

Laurie B. Norris

Anna Maria Siega-Riz

Development Award

Hataya Petcharoen

Ilene C. Siegler & Charles D. Edelman

Fred & Laura Brown

Aluisio DeSouza Pinheiro

William Thomas Small Jr.

Jianwen Cai & Haibo Zhou

David Edward Pinsky

Susan Willey Spalt

Grace Robinson Chan

Research Institute Nationwide

Strata Solar LLC

Dennis Alfred Clements III &

Children’s Hospital Richmond County Health Department Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

David Stanton Strogatz & Rosalind Patricia Thomas Lydia Lansangan Tiosejo

Martha Ann Keels Joanne C. & Ralph R. Cook In memory of Dr. Al Tyroler

Sand Hill Foundation

In honor of Dr. Norman F.

David E. Cooper

Schaeffer Revocable Family Trust

Weatherly

Alan L. Copland

Leonard D. Schaeffer

Tomlinson Industries

Barbara & Paul Coughlin

William A. & Michele A. Sollecito

William J. Tyroler & Barbara Ingram

Michael J. Cucchiara & Marty Hayes

UNC Student Activities Fund Office

University of North Carolina Hospitals

Gordon Lacy Daughtry

Susanne Glen Moulton &

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

In memory of Mrs. Margaret Smith

Jack Eugene Wilson

Daughtry

Thomas K. Wong

Charles H. Davis Jr. &

Gail Young

Kourtney Johnston Davis

$2,500 to $4,999

$1,000 to $2,499

Richard M. Davis & Elizabeth Mayer-Davis James Ingram & Alice Morrow Dean

Anonymous (2)

Georgia G. dela Cruz

Michael D. Aitken and Betsy Rudolph

300in6

Leah McCall Devlin

Amway Corp.

John & Hattie Aderholdt

Deborah Elizabeth Bender

Omid & Julie Cashman Ahdieh

David Louis Dodson

Antonio S. and Mary Fox Braithwaite

American Chemical Society

Duke Corporate Accounts Payable

Catholic Relief Services

American Legacy Foundation

Jo Anne & Shelley Earp

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Alice Sue Ammerman & Thomas

Susan Tompkins Ennett &

Denise Smith Cline

Charles Keyserling

In honor of Barbara Rimer

Wayne Edward Pein

Kenneth LeRoy Eudy Jr.

Kathleen D. Anderson

MaryAnn C. Farthing

Gerardo Heiss

Estate of Olga Helen Anderson

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Miriam Labbok

Arcadis

Edwin B. Fisher

Erma Wright Manoncourt

Association of N.C. Boards of Health

Robert Hillman &

Dara Lee Murphy

Susan Sherer Atkinson

NSF International

Stephen Charles Ayala

OMG Center for Collaborative

Barbara Anne Barr

Suzanne Wright Fletcher David Steven Freedman

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75

deniese chaney Providing students with a great place to collaborate

Photos by Linda Kastleman

years

Deniese Chaney, MPH, is one of the many Gillings School

our donors

alumni who steps forward whenever she’s needed.

A principal in Accenture’s Health and Public Service Operating Group (www.accenture.com), Chaney serves on the School’s Public Health Foundation board and is program committee chair for the School’s 75th anniversary campaign.

Several years ago, she endowed a fellowship that continues to support outstanding scholars in the Department of Health Policy and Management.

“I feel strongly about using personal giving to provide our students with opportunities to finish school debt-free,” Chaney says. “I’m committed to improving access to funds to help defray the cost of their education at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.”

Chaney’s most recent gift supported the installation of a “collaboration commons” at the School. The bright, comfortable, technology-equipped space, set by a wall of windows, is

Deniese Chaney dropped by the Collaboration Commons in McGavranGreenberg Hall recently, where she chatted with epidemiology doctoral students Nicholas Taylor (left) and Peter Samai. The men expressed appreciation for the comfortable work space established through Chaney’s gift to the School.

a perfect place in all seasons to study alone or discuss projects with colleagues.

“I love the idea of enhancing collaboration and networking in any form among students, faculty members and visitors,” she says. “This study area is in close proximity to one of the School’s (and UNC’s) most updated and adaptable classrooms [2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall]. The area’s

brainstorming and just having fun conversations that often open the door to new discoveries about a project.”

Students began visiting the space as soon as it opened and continue to find new ways to use it.

“It’s been a real pleasure to know that our public health students started using and enjoying the space immediately

open space is a complement to the classroom and provides

and that it has the potential to improve their educational

a venue for small-group preparation, presentation rehearsal,

experience,” Chaney says.

—Linda Kastleman

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Markus Friedbert & Cathy Julie Wilhelm Stuart & Karen Gansky In honor of Dr. Gary Koch Peggy & Cam Glenn

Charles Wayne Kinsey Emil J. Klingenfus Pamela & Michael Kosorok Sandy Martin & Larry Kupper Donald & Marie Lauria

In memory of Susanne Lynas

Margaret Edith Layne

Moulton

Sheila Leatherman

Thomas Ladd Goolsby

Clara Lee & Bill Miller

Priscilla Alden Guild

Richard Lee & Brenda Tie Wing

In memory of Marjorie Downs

Hong Li

Guild

Danyu Lin

2012 Master of Public Health concentration in veterinary epidemiology was launched at Gillings School in collaboration with N.C. State University.

Leslie & Philip Gura

Douglas S. Lloyd

Richard Hammel

Harry Leon Lobsenz Foundation

Rosanne Buckley Hanratty

Molly E. Loomis

Jo Ann L. Roth

David K. & Karen Robbins Harper

Leslie Lytle

R. Gary & Jeanette Rozier

Sharon Nicholson Harrell

Julie MacMillan

Patricia Saddier

Paula Billingsley Harrison

Regina Fleming Magit

Jerry Salak

Health Career Connection

Robert Martin

James K. & Donna Schaefer

James R. Hendricks

Jesse Milan Jr.

Anna Pittman Schenck &

W. Scott Hilles

The Minneapolis Foundation

Deborah Parham Hopson

Mona Marie Moon

Sallie Craig Huber

In memory of Eve Carson

James Simpson Schenck IV Victor Julian & Marion Eldredge Schoenbach

Joan C. Huntley

Alan C. Moore

In memory of Robert Millikan

Joseph G. Ibrahim

F. Paul Morrow

In honor of Bill & Rosa Small

Mary Ellen James

Sarah Taylor Morrow

In honor of Bill Jenkins & Diane

Jefferson University

Thomas L. & Susan C. Morrow

Rowley

Carl R. Johnson

Mary Anne Murray

Mary & Ernie Schoenfeld

Thomas V. Jones

Jeanenne Little Nelson

Christopher Roman Schulz

James D. & Virginia Midgett Kinard

Charlotte Newsom Nunez-Wolff

SENSUS

Jeffrey John Oberhaus &

Jacqueline Sergent

Brent Wishart

goals of

75th Anniversary Campaign Celebrate!

Events throughout the country

Engage!

UNC Service Days Reunions

Invest!

75 new scholarships 7 new professorships 7.5% increase in Annual Fund participation

sph.unc.edu/alumni/75

James P. O’Connell

David Samuel Sheps & Mary People-Sheps

Andrew Olshan & Linda Levitch

Ruth A. Shults

William Kevin O’Neil

Gladys Siegel

Leonard Oppenheimer

Charletta Georgette Sims Evans

Edith Ann Parker

Frank & Melanie Spencer

Lynne Morrow Perrin

State Employee’s Combined Campaign

Herbert Bryson Peterson

June Stevens

Rebecca Raymond

Sarah L. Strunk

Charles Edwin & Laura Helms Reece

Suez Environnement

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Linda West Little is no stranger to barricades – or scrambling over them. The first woman to receive a doctorate (in 1968) from the Gillings School’s Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE), she became the department’s first woman faculty member in 1970.

In the decade following, she conducted industrial waste research at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Institute and served as administrative judge with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Little was one of three judges who conducted hearings on the restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1 after the catastrophic accident at Unit II in 1979.

In 1983, she was named executive director of the N.C. Governor’s Waste Management Board, established to develop facilities for handling low-level radioactive and other hazardous wastes produced by industry, medicine, utilities and other sources. In 1990, she acquired additional contributed photo

responsibilities as the first director of the N.C. Office of Environmental Education.

While she taught at UNC’s public health school, Little advocated for her students to attend conferences, present papers and conduct field research.

“A student needs to be introduced to the real world, not just be confined to classrooms and laboratories,” she says. “ComLinda West Little, collecting water samples in the 1980s

plex environmental problems may have simple answers – but

linda west little

environmental professionals at conferences and in field set-

they’re usually simple wrong answers. When students meet

about career opportunities, but they can test their own ideas against other scientists’, thereby improving the quality of their thought and their research.”

Finding the money to defray student expenses for travel was difficult, though. “Research grants and contracts provided little or no support,” she says, “and I suspect the situation is even worse now.”

That lack of funding inspired the establishment of The Linda

contributed photo

Breaking gender barriers, paving the way for student success

tings, not only can they network

West Little Research Endowment in Waste Management.

Dr. Little, today continued on page

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John Mayberry Anton &

our donors

Renee Helene Schwalberg

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Nikita Arya

Barbara Norton Hamilton

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Income paid from the fund will be

Patricia Michel Backus

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used to support ESE graduate stu-

Thomas Jason Bacon

Health Strategies & Solutions Inc.

dents learning about scientific waste

Edmund Gerald Barron

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management, particularly for stu-

Sheri Ruth Bates

dent travel or field research support.

Douglas Alan Bell

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At the start of her career, Lit-

Lynn W. Blanchard

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tle was especially inspired by the

Treavor Hall Boyer

George & Virginia Howard

teaching and research of ESE fac-

Janet H. Bozzone

C. Christopher Idol &

ulty member Dr. James C. Lamb III

Christine M. Branche

and by encouragement from Lamb

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and Dr. Charles Weiss. “Without

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their support, I wouldn’t have been

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admitted to the program, nor would

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I have had the success I’ve had,”

Shine Chang

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she says.

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Coastal Community Foundations

Roberta Sevin Lane

Now other ESE students may pay similar tribute to Little, for her interest in their success.

of S.C. Jean Marie Colthurst

—Linda Kastleman

The future of North Carolina’s public health school depends upon gifts made by you – today’s alumni and friends –

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Jo Anne Earp tribute fund

In April 2013, Jo Anne Earp, ScD, former chair and longtime professor of health behavior at the Gillings School, drew more than 200 current and former students, colleagues and friends to events celebrating her 40-year career in public health. Earp’s career has included 1960s activism, educating and mentoring hundreds of students, and improved health care quality, equity and access.

PHOTO BY TOM FULDNER

our donors

researching and advocating for women’s health, civil rights,

See photos from the “Earpfest” events at tinyurl.com/sph-flickr-earp2013.

Our thanks go to those listed below who have made a gift in her honor. To make your gift, contact Stephen Couch at spcouch@email.unc.edu or 919.966.0198,

Dr. Jo Anne Earp (left) with husband Dr. Shelley Earp

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giving to the school’s annual fund

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is an investment in tomorrow’s public health heroes

Colleen Nagle Brenegan Bridget Brennan Dennis & Denise G. Brewster In honor of Dr. Jo Anne Earp William Robert Brieger James Michael Brindle Louise Annette Brinton Sarah Brittingham

Over the last four years, Annual Fund contributions have allowed us to offer scholarships to students in each of the School’s departments—a total of 69 Annual Fund Scholars to date.

In fall 2013, thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends who give to the Fund, we provided scholarships to 11 students.

Jessica Taylor Broadus Susan Irene Brock Emily Suzanne Brouwer Blanche Covington Brown Elizabeth Weld Brown Karen Elizabeth Brown Beth Brown-Limmer Wendy Sims Bryant

An investment in these young scholars is an investment in public health progress—in our state, across the U.S. and around the world, wherever they work and serve. Please join us in supporting in the next generation of public health heroes.

For more information about Annual Fund Scholarships or to make a gift, visit sph.unc.edu/annualfund or contact Deanna Wilkie at dwilkie@unc.edu or 919.966.0198.

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Where in the world is Barry Popkin?

He could be anywhere.

Barry Popkin, PhD, the Gillings School’s W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition, consults or

photo by linda kastleman

our donors

Popkin’s professorship gift will continue the fight against obesity

Dr. Barry Popkin

leads studies in China, Russia, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico and other countries. As a faculty member since 1977, he examines changes in diet, physical activity and body composition in groups of people around the world, leading the charge for policy changes at the state and national levels.

Popkin developed the concept and the term “nutrition transition” to describe shifts in patterns of eating, drinking and moving and subsequent body composition. He and other scholars and policy makers now use this to capture rapid

“He has an amazing ability to mentor colleagues across all levels.”

—penny

gordon - larsen , phd

shifts in obesity globally.

In June 2013, he organized a weeklong meeting of global nutrition leaders and members of major foundations and international agencies to address large-scale policy change

them grow as researchers and people and become better prepared to be respected junior faculty members.

“Barry has been a terrific mentor,” says Carmen Piernas

related to obesity in low- and middle-income countries

Sanchez, PhD, recent nutrition alumna. “He provided me

(www.bellagioobesity2013.org).

with all kinds of resources to be successful. He helped me

Despite his love of travel, one of his favorite places to collaborate is right here at home. Popkin has taken dozens of doctoral students and junior faculty under his wing, helping

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feel confident and not be afraid to take risks.”

“He has an amazing ability to mentor colleagues across all levels,” adds Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, now professor of

Leigh Fleming Callahan

Meghan May Clithero

Jolynne Campbell

Ellen Alexis Coates

Joseph Edward Campbell Sr.

Robert Mcledon Coble

nutrition at the School. “He has success-

Joanne Rita Campione

W. Gerald Cochran

fully advised countless faculty members

Abby Caroline Cannon

Diane Davis Cole

on how to navigate difficult waters as

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Genevieve Lowry Cole

they move up through the ranks.”

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Rachel Elizabeth Cole

Kim Serden Caraganis

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his support for young researchers. This

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Thomas Ross Coleman

year, he established the first of several

Bernice Wallace Carmon

Marietta Denny Coles

Barry Popkin Distinguished Profes-

Jacob Michael Carr

Arthur Collier III &

sorships in Public Health Nutrition, an

Margaret Devers Carroll

award to support an assistant or associ-

Lori K. Carswell

Patrick Comerford

ate professor in nutrition at the School.

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Lee Ann Elizabeth Conard

Cecilia Eugenia Casanueva

Sarah Bond Conley

epidemiological research on determi-

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nants, consequences and solutions to

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Wilma H. Conner

U.S. and global dietary, activity and

Edward Lee Cavenaugh

Carol Ann Cook

nutrition-related noncommunicable dis-

Betty Ellen Caywood

Lewis Selkirk Coonley Jr. &

eases, especially obesity.

Jill Kristin Center

Now, Popkin has made more tangible

He intends the award to help advance

“It was the combination of service and research that brought me to UNC’s pub-

Carl Francis Cerco & Carolyn Miller Cerco

Phyllis Lehman Collier

Linda Murphy Coonley Emily Rose Miller Cooper Mary Paul Moore Cooper

lic health school,” says Popkin, a former

Joe Carroll Chambers

Michelle Gemborys Cooper

community organizer whose doctorate

Charles Groce Chandler &

Phyllis M. Cote

is in economics. “It is the School’s fos-

Linda Laughridge Chandler

tering of interdisciplinary collaboration

Thomas Yancey Chandler

in U.S. and global nutrition and obesity

Daniel Micah & Sarah Alligood

prevention that I hope to see continued with this endowment.”

—Linda Kastleman

Giving Your gift of a professorship will advance research to

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In memory of Susanne Lynas Moulton Nilofer Couture Melva Trinetta Covington John Charles Cowan Jr. &

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public health challenge.

In honor of Dr. MaryAnn Farthing

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For more information, contact

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Affairs at 919.966.0198, or visit giving.unc.edu/gift/sph.

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awarded to Dr. Michael Kosorok for innovation in cancer clinical trial designs, so effective treatments get to patients faster; includes partnerships with Duke University and N.C. State University.

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more than two dozen rural hospitals consulted with Gillings School faculty members Drs. Mark Holmes and George Pink to improve operational efficiency and financial viability.

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A scholarship established by her children honors her advocacy for maternal and child health Rereading Dubose Heyward’s The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes was photo by tom fuldner

a fitting prerequisite to writing about Dr. Sarah Morrow.

our donors

In the timeless children’s book, the mother of 21 baby bunnies triumphs through hard work and perseverance, superhuman organizational skills and an abundance of kindness, despite the prejudices of rather snobbish male rabbits.

The country bunny’s unlikely success parallels Morrow’s own. A sole breadwinner with six young children and a husband who was ill, Morrow earned medical and public health degrees, becoming one of the most respected and effective administrators in the state of North Carolina and a crusader for women’s and children’s

Dr. Sarah Morrow

health.

Now, in gratitude and to honor their mother’s contributions, her children have made a gift to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health so that others may prepare for illustrious public health careers. The Sarah Taylor Morrow Scholarship in Maternal and Child Health, established by Lynne Morrow Perrin, Sally Morrow Shelley, Thomas Lacy Morrow III, Frank Paul Morrow, Alice Morrow Dean and John Howard Morrow, will support maternal and child health students at Morrow’s alma mater.

“We are very proud of our mother and what she has accomplished throughout her life.”

“We are very proud of our mother and what she has accomplished through-

—lynn

out her life and continues to accomplish even today as a pediatrician and public

perrin

health professional,” wrote Lynne Perrin, on behalf of her siblings. “Mom always placed high priority on children having good health and a good education. We –

Secretary of the N.C. Department of

her children and grandchildren – established this scholarship to honor her and

Health and Human Services, again the

encourage others to learn about her life’s work and embrace her ideals.”

first woman to serve in that capacity.

Morrow earned a medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1942 – at

Later, she served for more than 20 years

age 23 – and a Master of Public Health from UNC in 1959. As a clinician at the

as medical director for Electronic Data

Guilford County (N.C.) Health Department, she established the department’s

Systems.

groundbreaking Child and Youth Program, and soon became the department’s first woman director. In 1976, she was appointed by Governor James Hunt Jr. as

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Even in her 90s, Morrow has remained, her children say, “a tireless public health

17,500+ North carolina preschoolers and their teachers have learned about proper nutrition and active living through Dr. Dianne Ward’s NAP-SAAC program (www.napsacc.org).

Elise A. Lockamy

Katherine Pieper Mason

Gary & Panthia Locklear

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advocate, working with the N.C. Cit-

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Timothy George McCarthy

izens for Public Health and inspiring

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new generations of public health lead-

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Gene Frederick McCoy

ers through her continuing involve-

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Kristin Rene McCullough

ment with the Gillings School.”

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grateful to her,” says Herbert Peterson,

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Rebecca Wilson McGonigal

MD, Kenan Distinguished Professor

Michelle Alisa Mahoney

Margaret Harrington McHenry

and chair of the School’s maternal

Ann Marie Malarcher

David Andrew McKay

and child health department. “She is a

Jose F. Maldonado-Moll

Lisa Ann McKay-Chiasson

true pioneer in the field and has made

William Francis Maloney

Lee Nix McKenna

many important contributions over

Khalil Hosny Mancy &

Richard Warren McLain

“We are proud of Dr. Morrow and so

the years to our department and those we serve.”

—Linda Kastleman

Giving To learn how your gift may be used to honor a mentor or loved one, contact the School’s Office of External Affairs at 919.966.0198, or visit giving.unc.edu/gift/sph.

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Thomas Thien Tran

Bruce Davis Wallace

Patricia Broyhill Trice

Dennis Dale Wallace

Charles F. Stroebel

Aaron Trubman

Ralph Gene Wallace

Taylor Hamer Stroud &

Joan Meister Truby

Susan Wall Wallin

Sara Moore Stroud

Heather M. Trudeau

Emmanuel Benjamin Walter

Kelly Kathryn Strutz

Annie Wang Tu

Georgia Ann Walter

Frances Mae Strychaz

Jean Walker Tucker

Sheryl Furfaro Walters

Elizabeth Roselle Suttle

Thomas Harley Tucker II &

Ann Marie Lee Walton

G. Thomas Strickland Jr. & Anna Garst Strickland

Mary Elizabeth Hibbs Sutton

Stephanie Ann Powelson

Beverly A. Warden

David John Svendsgaard

Craig David & Patricia Ann Turnbull

McWilson Warren

Colleen Svoboda

Lou Flippin Turner

Victoria Motley Washington

Angela Wooten Swicegood

Mark Andrew &

Melanie R. Wasserman

Brian C. & Kara Anne Taff

Melissa Norman Turner

Amanda Reynolds Waters

Leigh Anne Tally

Carl D. Tuttle

Nancy Burrow Watkins

Yao Tang

Emily Thomason Tyler

B. Peyton Watson

Sylvia Mullins Tart

Sheron Garris Tyndall

Nancy Margaret Watson

Douglas James Taylor

Laura CaJacob Ugokwe

Kenna Stephenson Watts

Emily Catherine Taylor

Margaret Bliss Umphres

Sharon Jean Wayne

Irma I. Taylor

Patricia Miller Unruh

Christopher Lee Wearmouth

Sylvester Taylor &

Unknown Donor Gifts

Mary Elizabeth Mulvey Webb

Kimberly Ann Urban

Briana Monet Webster

Christine Bahia Tenekjian

Jay Adam Ure

David Bruce Webster Jr. &

Sarah Brill Thach

Antti Vahakainu & Mindy Weed

Donna Robbin Dinkin

Francis Curtis Thayer Jr.

In honor of Mr. Brett Weed

Connie Gayle White Elizabeth Megan Weinstein

Gene Dennis Therriault

Lisa Ann Valent

Scott Allen Welch

Jeremy & Amy Thomas

Marian Raidl Van Nierop

Roland Willis Wentworth

Kent William &

Carolyn Elizabeth Vance

Virginia Lindley Wereszynski

Paul Joseph Vander Straeten

James Jason West

Monecia Kiser Thomas

Catherine P. Vangellow

Jane Mandeville Wetsel

Jennifer Michelle Thomasen

Brenda Vasquez

Catherine Whedbee White

Caroline Avery Thompson

Rupa Vass

Elizabeth Anne White

Mark Gerard Thompson &

Patricia Long Vaughan

Mark Charles White

Gracey Vaughn

Todd Patrick Whitehead

Shirley Jean Thompson

Lakshmi Pradeepa Vennam

Daniel Bennett Whitesides

Alice Raymond Thomson

Joel Ellison Vickers

Joanna Louise Whyte

Julie Poh Thurlow

Nadja Alexandra Vielot

Evelyn Booker Wicker

Lee Tippe & Carol Sue Hindman Tippe

Thomas & Frances Vitaglione

Jeffrey Paul Wierse

Mary Ann Tomasiewicz

Edward Harris Wagner

Allen James Wilcox

Forrest Glenn Tompkins

Cynthia Sue Walker

Sophie Marie Wilderotter

Robin Wilkerson Thomas

Irene Margaret deGroot

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Noel Hance Wiley

Wayne Edward Wormsley

Andra Lea Wilkinson

Betty Hinton Worthy

Andrew David Williams James Earl Williams Marie Phillips Williams

Mother ’ s Day Tributes

Mary Haney Wright David C. Wu

Zakiyah Kiara Williams

Susan Reynolds Wyatt

Bruce G. & Janet Horsley Willis

Jane Godwin Wydra

Marilyn York Willis Farra Martin Wilson

Mrs. Margaret Smith Daughtry by gordon l. daughtry

Fletcher Nelms Wilson & Catherine Alexander Wilson Richard Burton Wilson Thomas Armand Wilson Susan A. Winsor Cara B. Winstead Robert Oakley Winters Chris Alan Wise Cameron Robert Wolfe Holly Mae Wolff Eva Higdon Wood

Marjorie Downs Guild by priscilla guild

Aimee Whitney Woods

Sirin Yaemsiri Yong Yang & Xiaolei Zhou Allen Yarinsky Feng Ye & Jean Pan

Ms. Dorothy Lee by joseph lee

Mrs. Frances Salak by jerry salak

Gwendolyn Farmer Lee Baugh Beard by julie de clerque

Mary Susan Woodruff Rebecca Claire Woodruff

Karen Dawson Yaeck Jingzhen Yang

Theresa Russ Wilson

our donors

John David Wray

Alan Nelson Young Craig Matthew & Suzanne Unger Young Martha Royster Young Samina Yunus Arnold & Maryanne Zaks In memory of Joan Rimer Julie Zangari Stacey Molinich Zee

Caroline Lee Beard De Clerque by julie de clerque

James Sterrett Woods III & Nancy Fugate Woods

Judy Teresa Zerzan Zhi Zhong Katherine Shelden Ziegler Sara Zizzo

Ayaba G. Worjoloh

Tracy L. Zontek

Linda Kay Worman

Bin Zou

Every gift to UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is vitally important and deeply appreciated.

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of our Honor Roll lists and regret any errors or omissions.

To report an error, please contact Susie Smith at susies@email.unc.edu.

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2014 schedule

of anniversary events

chapel hill, n.c.

chapel hill, n.c.

Saturday, March 1

Thursday, April 10

Minority Alumni Reunion

Speaker: Greg Allgood, PhD

All alumni and friends are welcome.

School alumnus and former director of Procter and Gamble’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program

Location to be determined Hosted in conjunction with the School’s 35th annual Minority Health Conference

6 p.m. – 46th annual Foard Lecture 7 p.m. – Reception

Learn more at minorityhealth.web.unc.edu.

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Selected departmental events begin at 4 p.m.

baltimore, md.

Monday, March 17 Alumni event, hosted

by UNC Department of Biostatistics Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel Held in conjunction with the Eastern North American Region/ International Biometric Society Conference

chicago, ill.

Tuesday, March 25 Alumni event, hosted by the UNC Department of Health Policy and Management Held in conjunction with the American College of Healthcare Executives

Visit sph.unc.edu/foard.

washington, d.c.

Tuesday, April 29 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall 17th and M Streets, NW Learn more at tinyurl.com/ nationalgeographicmuseum.

mark your calendars!

Fall receptions in Charlotte, Atlanta and Boston brought together alumni and friends.

On the back cover, clockwise from top left: Byron Bullard, Mary Webster and Laura and Fred Brown at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte; Jamal Jones, Collin Lane and Ben Buchanan renew acquaintances in Charlotte, N.C.; Co-hosts Judy and Rich Vinroot celebrate with Dean Barbara K. Rimer in Charlotte; Larry Kupper, Joan Gillings, Dean Barbara K. Rimer, and Joy and Chet Douglass celebrate the announcement in Boston of the Douglasses’ gift of a new Distinguished Professorship in Dental Public Health; and Cynthia Cassell and Stephen Marshall enjoy The Carter Center in Atlanta.

Left to right: Michael Tarwater, Fred Brown, Joe Piemont and Katie Kaney of Carolinas HealthCare System host the School’s 75th Anniversary kick-off Reception in Charlotte, N.C.

Nonprofit Organization US Postage

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Permit #177 Chapel Hill, NC

The u n i v e r s i t y of n o rt h c a ro l i n a at c h a p e l h i l l CAMPUS BOX 7400 CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7400

be a part of our

75

th

Anniversary Celebrate!

Engage!

Invest!

At events throughout the country

At reunions, on UNC service days

In scholarships, professorships, the Annual Fund and so much more...

learn more on inside back cover and at

sph.unc.edu/alumni/75.